List of senators of Ceylon

This is a list of senators who were members of the Senate of Ceylon.

Presidents of the Senate

• Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947 – )
• Nicholas Attygalle (1952–1955)
• Cyril de Zoysa (1955–1961)
• Sarath Wijesinghe (1962–1965)
• Thomas Amarasuriya (1963–65)
• Abeyratne Ratnayaka (1965–1971)

Deputy presidents of the Senate

• Peri Sundaram (1947 – )
• Frank Gunasekera (1948–1951)
• Cyril de Zoysa (1951–1955)
• Adeline Molamure (1955 – )
• B. H. Dunuwille
• S. D. S. Somaratne

Leaders of the Senate

• Edwin Wijeyeratne (1947–1951)
• Oliver Goonetilleke (1951–1954)

Senators

• N. M. Appuhamy, elected UNP
• Kurbanhusen Adamaly (1949–61), appointed.
• J. A. Amaratunga, appointed
• Thomas Amarasuriya (1953–65), UNP/SLFP
• Nicholas Attygalle (1952–), appointed
• A. M. A. Azeez (1952–63), appointed, UNP/independent
• Sirimavo Bandaranaike (1960–65), SLFP
• I. A. Cader (1969–1970), appointed
• Mohamed Shums Cassim (1953–54), elected
• C. Coomaraswamy (1947–1950), appointed
• Cissy Cooray (1947–1952), appointed – first woman appointed to the Senate
• Ananda Dassanayake (1961-), elected
• R. S. F. de Mel (1947-), elected
• Evadne de Silva
• Evelyn de Soysa (1958–1963),
• M. W. H. de Silva
• Cyril de Zoysa (1947–), elected
• M. P. de Zoysa (1960–1971), appointed
• Doric de Souza, LSSP
• B. H. Dunuwille
• Sam Peter Christopher Fernando
• Chittampalam Abraham Gardiner (1947–), appointed
• Oliver Goonetilleke (1947–1948;1951–1954), appointed
• Frank Gunasekera (1947–), appointed
• A. R. M. Hameem (1963–1969), appointed
• L. L. Hunter (1950–1953), appointed
• Sir Herbert Eric Jansz (1947–1950), appointed
• J. P. Jayasena
• Ukwatte Jayasundera
• A. P. Jayasuriya
• Clodagh Jayasuriya, UNP, elected (October 1953 – 1956)
• N. U. Jayawardena, appointed (1957–)
• Valentine S. Jayawickrema
• Stanley Kalpage
• S. R. Kanaganayagam (1949–57), appointed, UNP/ACTC
• E. W. Kannangara (1954–1959), elected SLFP
• M. D. Kitchilan (1965–1971), appointed
• John Kotelawala, UNP
• Justin Kotelawala (1947–1954), elected, UNP
• Dr R. B. Lenora
• M. Manickam, ITAK
• Mohamed Macan Markar (1947–1952), appointed
• S. M. H. Mashoor (1965–1971), elected
• Adeline Molamure (1947–), elected
• S. Z. Mashoor Moulana (1967), elected
• S. Nadarajah (1965–71), ACTC
• S. Nadesan (1947–71)
• S. Natesan (Subaiya Nadesapillai)
• Ponnambalam Nagalingam (1951–57), LSSP
• E. M. V. Naganathan (1947–), elected, ACTC/ITAK
• Jinadasa Niyathapala, appointed 1960–1964
• James Peter Obeyesekere III
• Bertram Ivor Palipane (1952–57), elected
• Sangarapillai Pararajasingham, UNP (1954–)
• M. V. P Peiris
• D. W. J. Perera (1947–), elected

• Reginald Perera (1959–71), MEP
• D. M. Rajapaksa
• Lalitha Rajapakse (1947–), appointed
• A. B. Rajendra (1947–), appointed

• Abeyratne Ratnayaka
• Barnes Ratwatte Dissawe (1947-), elected
• Harris Leuke Ratwatte Dissawe (1955-), elected
• Abdul Rahman Abdul Razik (1947–1952), elected
• Philip Rodrigo
• Dr. V. R. Schockman (1947–), appointed
• H. de Z. Siriwardena (1952–), appointed
• Seetha Seneviratne (1967–)
• Robert Singleton-Salmon (1950–1951), appointed
• Bennet Soysa (1947–), elected
• Peri Sundaram (1947–), elected, CIC
• John Tarbat (1947–), appointed
• M. Tiruchelvam (1965–71), Federal Party
• Heen Banda Udurawana
• Kanthiah Vaithianathan (1952–1956), appointed
• Donatius Victoria (1947–), appointed
• A. F. Wijemanne
• Sarath Wijesinghe, elected (1947-), elected President of the Senate (1963-)
• Gerard Wijeyekoon (1947-), appointed
• Edwin Wijeyeratne (1947–1951), appointed
• E. B. Wikramanayake
• G. P. Wickramarachchi (1947–1960), appointed
• T. Y. Wright (1947–), appointed

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